#55C8E8#55C8E8

#55C8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.112 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55C8E8
RGB	rgb(85, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(193, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -22.93, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 34.30, 228.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0867 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.112 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9602, 49.0619, 83.7449)
Luminance	0.4907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55C8E8 #E87555

analogous

#55E8BE #55C8E8 #557FE8

triadic

#55C8E8 #E855C8 #C8E855

tetradic

#55C8E8 #BE55E8 #E87555 #7FE855

square

#55C8E8 #BE55E8 #E87555 #7FE855

split-complementary

#55C8E8 #E8557F #E8BE55

monochromatic

#178BAB #1FB7E1 #55C8E8 #8BD9EF #C1EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#55C8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#55C8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55C8E8

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55C8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55C8E8	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C3EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.112 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9ef',
    500: '#55c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55c8e8;
$custom-light: #94d9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77952,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55C8E8

secondary

#E7BDB1

accent

#390DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #55C8E8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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